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Title: NAFTA - ANNEX VI: Schedule of Mexico

ANNEX VI Schedule of Mexico

SECTOR: Communications

SUB-SECTOR: Entertainment Services (Cinema)

INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION: CMAP 941102 Private Services of Distribution and Films Rental

LEGAL CITATION: Ley de la Industria Cinematogr fica (Motion Picture Industry Law)

Reglamento de la Ley de la Industria Cinematogr fica. (Regulations of the Motion Picture Industry Law)

DESCRIPTION: Cross-Border Services

A distributor of films produced outside of Mexico is required to provide to the Cineteca Nacional no more than one copy of two film titles of each five film titles imported by such distributor into Mexico.

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SECTOR: Professional, Technical and Specialized Services and Services Provided by Natural Persons

SUB-SECTOR: Professional Services

INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION: CMAP 951002 Legal Services and Foreign Legal Consultants

LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT: Federal and State

LEGAL CITATION: [to be provided]

DESCRIPTION: 1. Mexico will ensure that:

(a) a lawyer authorized to practice in a province of Canada or a state of the United States of America who seeks to practice as a foreign legal consultant in Mexico shall be granted a license to do so if lawyers licensed in Mexico are accorded equivalent treatment in such province or state; and

(b) a law firm headquartered in a province of Canada or a state of the United States of America that seeks to establish in Mexico to provide legal services through licensed foreign legal consultants shall be authorized to do so if law firms headquartered in Mexico are accorded equivalent treatment in such province or state.

2. Mexico will, pursuant to paragraph 1(a), deny benefits to foreign lawyers employed by or associated with foreign legal consultancy firms established in Mexico, pursuant to paragraph 1(b), if such lawyers are not authorized to practice in a province of Canada or a state of the United States of America that authorizes lawyers licensed in Mexico to practice as foreign legal consultants in its territory.

3. Subject to paragraphs 1 and 2, Mexico will adopt rules and procedures regarding the practice of foreign legal consultants in Mexico, including matters related to association and hiring of lawyers licensed in Mexico.

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SECTOR: Transportation

SUBSECTOR: Land Transportation

INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION: CMAP 711201 Road Transport Services for Construction Materials

CMAP 711202 Road Transport Moving Services

CMAP 711203 Other Services of Specialized Cargo Transportation

CMAP 711204 General Trucking Services

CMAP 711311 Inter-City Busing Services

CMAP 711318 School and Tourist Transportation Services (limited to Tourist Transportation Services)

LEGAL CITATION: Federal regulations will be established in relation to leasing and rental operations.

DESCRIPTION: An enterprise authorized in Mexico to provide bus or truck transportation services may use equipment of its own, leased vehicles with option to purchase (financial leasing), leased vehicles (operational leasing), or short-term rental vehicles.